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More Cars Made 2012 ‘Top Safety Picks’ List Than Ever Before

7:00 am, December 15, 2011

If you want a vehicle of the highest safety standard, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has announced the best buys for 2012 and there are a lot of them.
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Fishy Labels: Your Seafood May Be Less ‘Green’ Than You Think

4:19 pm, December 08, 2011

If you go out of your way to buy fish labeled as eco-friendly, you may be wasting your time and money.

 

Arsenic in Your Juice: How Much Is Too Much? Federal Limits Don’t Exist

10:51 am, November 30, 2011

Arsenic has long been recognized as a poison and a contaminant in drinking water, but now concerns are growing about arsenic in foods, especially in fruit juices ...

 

Gov't Warns of Baby Bumbo Bungles

3:00 pm, November 25, 2011

The Consumer Product Safety Commission and Bumbo International warned parents to never place Bumbo baby seats on raised surfaces due to a serious risk of injury to ...

 

Gov’t Finally Mandates Safety Testing for Kids’ Toys

5:10 pm, October 21, 2011

A 2008 law mandating safety testing of toys is seeing implementation.

 

Kids’ Car Seats Are Getting Safer, Report Shows

12:30 pm, October 13, 2011

Child booster seats are getting safer, according to research conducted by the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, with a record number of models receiving the ...

 

7 Foods That Can Survive Outside the Fridge

7:00 am, October 06, 2011

If you accidentally left some food on the counter, or a storm knocked out the power, you don’t actually need to throw out everything that hasn’t been refrigerated.
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What Your Car’s Dashboard Warnings Really Mean

7:00 am, September 22, 2011

MainStreet explains which dashboard warnings should send you to the nearest mechanic the second they light up, and which may be safe to ignore.

 

Label Decoder: When Warnings Really Matter

7:00 am, September 13, 2011

Product labels are covered in confusing warnings, and it’s not always clear whether you have cause for concern. Here’s what some common warnings are really trying ...

 

A Cellphone With an Airbag Might Be on Its Way

3:02 pm, August 16, 2011

Kindle maker Amazon applied for a patent on impact protection for portable devices, signalling a potential mobile move.

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